The Grant · Why
A grant born
of many.
The Luís Andrade Barreira Grant is a recurring cancer research scholarship based at i3S — Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde (University of Porto). It is funded by many small contributions and allocates 100% of its funds directly to oncological research.
We cannot bring back those we lost. But we can prevent the next absence — if we fund those who research, today, with constancy.
We believe in a simple idea: many small contributions, added together, become a great force. It is the economy of scale in the service of science. Alone, one euro does not accelerate science; but a thousand small contributions sustain a researcher for a whole year.
That is why we fund people, not structures. And we account for everything: every euro has a name.
Luís's story
A line that does not fade.
Luís was an engineer, in love with music and dance. He was thirty-five, with much more dancing ahead of him. When cancer came, the family did what every family does: we were there, we waited, we believed — and we learned, the hardest way, that wanting is not enough.
When he died, Luís left a wish: that his money go to science — to something with a direct impact on research. We searched for that path for over a year and could not find it, so we decided to build it. Of all the doors we knocked on, only one opened fully: i3S. This grant is how we keep Luís’s wish — and extend it to everyone who wants to join.
Apoia a investigação e conversa diretamente com quem está na bancada do laboratório.
How it works
Four steps, no fine print.
You contribute
An amount that suits you, monthly or one-off.
It adds up
Many small contributions become a real grant.
The jury selects
The jury selects projects based on scientific merit.
We publish everything semi-annually
We show what came in, where it went and the outcome.
Governance
How we are organised.
The Andrade Barreira family
The family runs the grant and safeguards the mission — it does not interfere with scientific merit.
Merit-Based Selection
Selection is made by the jury. Management does not interfere with merit.
Held by i3S
The capital is held in escrow at i3S until it is invested in the projects.
Accountability
Public semi-annual reports.
100% to the bench
All donations go directly to research. Zero operational costs.
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